Commemorative Books Coverage List

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1 George Best Edition Commemorative Books Coverage List Date of Paper Pages Event Covered (Daily Mirror unless stated) 15 Sep 1963 Page year-old George Best makes his Man Utd league debut v West Brom 29 Dec 1963 Page 30 Denis Law toasts teenage wingers George Best & Willie Anderson after Man Utd beat Burnley Dec 1964 Page 39 George Best a law to himself 21 Feb 1965 Back page George Best KO s Burnley wearing just one boot Man Utd 2 Burnley 1 10 Oct 1965 Page 38 Best scores in Man Utd s 2-0 win over Liverpool 21 Nov 1965 Page 38 George at his Best - Man Utd beat Sheff Utd Dec 1965 Page 38 Best of the lot, that s boy Best Sunderland 2 Man Utd 3 20 Feb 1966 Page 16 Teenager with the world at his feet 6 Mar 1966 Back page Englishman, Irishman, Scotsman Charlton, Best & Law celebrate a goal v Wolves 10 Mar 1966 Back page George Best inspires Man Utd to a 5-1 victory at Benfica 12 Mar Mar 1966 Back page Back page Soccer Beatle George Best receives a popstar welcome home as United return to Manchester 10 Apr 1966 Page 34 The Best of Best 17 Apr 1966 Back page George Best goes into hospital for a knee operation 21 Aug 1966 Page 30 Best scores in 45 seconds as United beat West Brom Nov 1966 Back page The Best man, the Best win, the Best team - as United win 3-1 at Chelsea 11 Dec 1966 Back page Wee George flattens Big Yeats Liverpool s giant centre-half Ron Yeats is floored by Best in the 2-2 at Old Trafford 22 Oct 1967 Pages 38 & 39 The goal that Best made as the Irish beat Scotland 1-0 in Belfast 19 Nov 1967 Page 37 Gorgeous George 30 May 1968 Page 27 Best scores as Man Utd beat Benfica to win the European Cup 2 Mar 1969 Pages 22 & 23 George Best-the new Pele

2 6 Apr 1969 Pages 22 & 23 Best scores as United beat Nottm Forest Apr 1969 Page 24 George Best collects his European Footballer of the Year award before Man Utd beat Burnley Aug 1969 Front Page George Best & Eva Haraldsted to marry 7 Sep 1969 Pages 20 & 21 Georgie s dream day - Best scores in United s 2-2 draw at Leeds 28 Sep 1969 Page 21 Best scores twice in United s 5-2 win over West Ham 19 Oct 1969 Page 24 The Best Ever George scores one of his finest goals in the 1-1 draw with Nottm Forest 3 Jan 1970 Back page George Best is suspended for 4 weeks and fined Jan 1970 Page 19 Best plays his last game before his suspension, a 1-0 win at Ipswich 8 Feb 1970 Page 21 Best returns from suspension and scores SIX goals as United beat Northampton Apr 1970 Page 19 George Best is red carded in the international match v Scotland in Belfast 22 Apr 1970 Back page Best scores but N.Ireland lose 3-1 to England at Wembley 26 Apr 1970 Page 17 The Irish FA will not punish George Best for his red card v Scotland 13 Sep 1970 Pages 22 & 23 Best scores in Man Utd s 2-0 win over Coventry 29 Oct 1970 Back page The Best way to Goal George scores as United beat Chelsea Nov 1970 Page 17 George Best in Trouble George receives a yellow card in United s 2-1 win v Nottm Forest 22 Nov 1970 Page 21 Best the big problem of being George 6 Dec 1970 Page 17 George Best scores his 100 th league goal for Man Utd in the 2-2 at Spurs 13 Dec 1970 Page 17 Man City s Glyn Pardoe breaks his leg in a clash with George Best 9 Jan 1971 Front and Pages 26 & 27 George Best is dropped by Man Utd after missing training 12 Jan 1971 Back page Best returns to Manchester after hiding out in London 13 Jan 1971 Front Page Best patches things up with Matt Busby 31 Jan 1971 Pages 20 & 21 Best back in triumph George returns to action as Man Utd win 2-1 at Huddersfield 21 Mar 1971 Pages 24 & 25 Best scores twice as United win 2-1 at Stoke 11 Apr 1971 Page 21 George Best admits I am the greatest player in the world

3 16 May 1971 Page 19 George Best has a goal disallowed v England in Belfast 19 Aug 1971 Page 27 Best is sent off in United s 3-2 win at Chelsea 14 Sep 1971 Back page The Great Escape George is saved from suspension 19 Sep 1971 Page 21 The Best Day Ever George scores a hat-trick in United s 4-2 win over West Ham 3 Oct 1971 Back, Pages 24 & 25 George Best scores a brilliant goal in United s 2-0 win over Sheff Utd 28 Nov 1971 Pages 24 & 25 George Best scores a hat-trick as United win 5-2 at Southampton 8 Jan 1972 Back page George Best faces a showdown with United manager Frank O Farrell after mysteriously missing a week s training 10 Jan 1972 Back, pages 26 & 27 Best: Victim of the Star System 11 Jan 1972 Front & Back pages Best is fined 2 weeks wages and ordered into digs as punishment for missing training 21 May 1972 Front & Back pages I Quit by George Best 6 Dec 1972 Front, 17,30,31 & back pages George Best is put up for sale by Man Utd, at 300,000 7 Sep 1973 Back page Best Back George agrees to return to Man Utd 21 Oct 1973 Page 42 Best plays his 1 st league game in 11 months in United s 1-0 win over Birmingham 4 Jan 1974 Back Page George Best misses training again and faces a fine of 2 weeks wages 14 Jan 1974 Back page Best Quits 22 Feb 1974 Front, Pages 16 & 17 Best is arrested and appears in court accused of stealing from Miss World, Marjorie Wallace 25 Apr 1974 Front Page Best throws a party to celebrate the collapse of the court case 13 Aug 1976 Page 27 George Best signs a contract with Fulham 25 Aug 1976 Page 26 George has his medical with Fulham 5 Sep 1976 Back page George scores the only goal on his Fulham debut, 1-0 v Bristol Rovers 8 Sep 1976 Back page Best scores as Fulham beat Peterborough Sep 1977 Back page George Best quits Fulham and returns to the United States, claiming he s owed over 10, Jan 1978 Pages 14 & 15 George marries model Angela MacDonald James

4 17 Nov 1979 Page 30 George signs for Hibernian 25 Nov 1979 Back page George scores on his Hibs debut, but lose 2-1 at St Mirren 18 Feb 1980 Front Page Best flies back to London after being sacked by Hibs 24 Feb 1980 Back page Booze and Me by George Best 9 Mar 1980 & 16 Mar 1980 Pages 38 & 39 Pages 38 & 39 George Best The Real Truth 7 Feb 1981 Page 5 George s wife gives birth to a baby boy 29 Aug 1982 Page 3 George & ex Miss World Mary Stavin plan to set up home together 25 Mar 1983 Page 30 George is back in British football, with 3 rd Division Bournemouth 27 Mar 1983 Page 41 George makes his Bournemouth debut, but they lose 1-0 to Newport 9 Oct 1983 Front & Page 2 Best beats the booze- amazing drink cure 3 Jun 1984 Pages 10 & 11 All the Best the booze cure that saved my life 18 Dec 1984 Page 3 Prison nightmare of George Best Best is sentenced to 3 months in jail 23 Dec 1984 Page 5 Making the Best of porridge George turns down a cushy life inside 23 Jan 1994 Front & Back pages George pays tribute to his former boss Matt Busby 18 Aug 1994 Page 3 George scores again. Best s new girlfriend Alex Pursey 31 Jul 2002 Front & Pages 4 & 5 George doing fine after 10-hour liver transplant 1 Aug 2002 Page 7 Hello George speaks after his marathon liver operation 25 Nov 2005 Front, 4 & 5, 78 & 79 Pullout P Nov 2005 Pages 8,9, Back Mania p Nov 2005 Pages 68 & 69, Premplus p1 George Best slips away as doctors say he ll never recover George Best: The Legend George finally loses his life George Best: The Immortal Tributes to George Best 28 Nov 2005 Pages 56 Farewell to a Legend: Football s Goodbye 1 Dec 2005 Pages 78,79 & back Old Trafford says goodbye to genius George, as Man Utd beat West Brom Dec 2005 Front Page Bestie s Back George s body returns to the Belfast family home where he was raised

5 4 Dec 2005 Pages 2,3,6,7 & back No.7 in Heaven Farewell to Georgie boy Total Pages 150